Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1921, Page 2

... liamson for the past the state charged * . soastituent. - Stafe: ‘Troops and, Police Guard Streets of Mate- wan, W. Va. By the Associated Press. MATEWAN, W. Va.. August 2.—The bodies of Sid Hatfleld and E¢ Cham- bers. who yesterday were shot to death at the courthouse at Welch, W. Va., as they were about to be tried for the part they were alleged to have played in a pistolattack ona mining town in the Mingo coal fleld, were brought home last midnight. The open space around the little railroad sta- tion was filled with their former friends and neighbors, but there was no demonstration. State police and armed militiamen patrolled the streets, and after the bodies had been taken to the little homes where the men had formerly lived the crowd quietly dispersed. Mrs. Hatfleld and Mrs. Chambers, who were in Welch when the tragedy occurred, arrived on the same train and were given sympathy by their friends in the village. Arrangements for the double funeral were not completed today, but it was stated by friends of the families that services probably would be held to- morrow afternoon and interment made in the cemetery here. Matewan Is Quiet. Matewan was quiet this morning. At an early hour friends of the dead men called at their homes, looked for a moment upon the bodies passed out to their daily work or to discuss the tragedy as they walked along the streets. There were no better known men in all the Tug river country than Hatfield and Chambers, and many incidents of their stormy lives in the narrow val- ley and out through the mountains were told and retold as the day ad-| vanced. ‘Armed militiamen and_state police- | men were here in force, but from out- | ward appearances they were not need- | oty oo o ed, as the town was strangely quiet. Leading citizens, who had sounded public sentiment in the fear that re- prisals for the killing of Hatfleld and } Chambers might develop during the | day, expressed the opinion that there would be no disorder of any kind. | Many persons from the surrounding | country came In during the morning and it was expected that a great crowd would be here for the funeral tomor- row. HATFIELD SHOT 5 TIMES. Story of Killing in Courtyard at Welch, W. Va. By the Associated Press WELCH, W. Va., August 2—Two men | were held teday for'the killing of Sid Hatfleld and Ed Chambers, residents of Matewan, W. Va., shot here yvesterday shortly before the former was to ap- pear in circuit court to answer to.al charge of being the instigator of the shooting at Mohawk, W. Va., a year ago. Hatfleld was one of the most pictur- esque characters in the state. Through his name and the romance attached to and then | iposed largely of high school students Principal in Arnstein Case Had Been Free on Bond. Norman S. Bowles, convicted with Jules W. Arnstein and others of con- spiracy to bring stolen securities into Washington for hypothecation with local banks, was committed to jail yesterday afternoon. Bowles has been at liberty under bonds of $10,000 ever since the indictment was re- turned against him. Some dJifficulty with his bondsman is said to have led to the surrender of the accused. Bowles is under sentence of $5,000 fine and two years' imprisonment. His case is on appeal to the Court of Appeals. CANIPERS AT MEADE TOHEAR PERSHING Address Is Feature of After- noon—Early Drizzle of Rain. By a Staft Corvespondent. CAMP MEADE, Md., August 2.— One hundred sleepy-eyed Washington boys tumbled out of their bunks here today to face a urizzling rain as the start of a day the climax -of which was to be an address this afternoon by Gen. Pershing, chief of staff. Yesterday 1,350 men had arrived in }camp in civilian clothes with practi- ically no- equipment. At midnight {1ast night Capt. Wiggins, adjutant of | the” camp. had recelved the report { that every man had been assigned to quarters, issued full militagy equip- | ment and was reaily to take his place in rank with all military require- { ments. The Washington contingent ls com- and boys scarcely reaching the age They are taking to military life like the proverbial duck to puddles. The food is rated as best obtainable, and the ration allowance is 75 cents a day. Cows from the camp dairy are fur- nishing milk for the boys in camp, and the breakfast this morning con- sisted of fruit, cereals and satisfying quantities of fresh pork sausage. May Change Camp's Name. It it keeps on raining as it has since 3 o'clock this morning the boys are planning on changing the title of the camp from Meade to Mud. Even in the driazle base ball fanatics were between the buildings, pitch- ing, catching and batting the horse- hide. Tomorrow, however, will call 2 halt on athletic activity during ariil hours. The students wili line up with their newly issued Springfield rifle and lemon-colored Army suits for periods of drilling. Infantry tactics, bat- talion maneuvers ,and the general complicated series of military forma- ;\ona are on the program for future ays. Officers Assigned. his participation in the Matewan battle | in May, 1920, in which ten men were killed, his death was of sufficient sig- nificance to bring comment from E. F. Morgan and C. F. Keeney, presi dent of District 17, United Mine ‘Workers of America. Gov. Morgan ex- presséd his regret that the killings had occurred and Keeney termed the act as “‘murder." Two Men Held. C. E. Lively, a Baldwin-Felts detec- tive, and George “Buster” Pence, a Mc- Dowell county deputy sheriff, were the two men of the five arrested who were held in connection with their deaths. Both Lively. and eld testifled be- fore the Senate c ee which was in- \vestigating the ind 1 situation in {Mingo recently. Lively, as a detecttve 'of the Baldwin-Feits agency, posed as a union man in the Willlamson coal elds and was -criticized by the com- ittee on account of the position he had sgumed in the matter. Hatfleld ap- eared on the stand in behalf of the “nited Mine orkers at Washington nd attracted unusgal attentlon there through his reputatien as a gunman. Fatal Sho§s Fired. Lively and séverdl companions are said to have been sitting on the courthouse steps when Sid and his companion, Ed Chambers, appeared on their way to trial. Words exchanged between the two were followed by shots which resulted In the death of the two men. Sid 1 to have said that he would “get” Lively after the latter had testified against him in the first Matewan battle trial. Lively's employer, Thomas Felts, head of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency. is aldo said to have received anonymous letters, in which his life was threatened, after his brothers Al- bert and Lee fell victims to the guns ol' men engaged in the Matewan bat- tle. The widows of the men, who came here with them to attend the trial, stated last night that their husban were unarmed. A coroner’s jury ‘which was to have passed on the case could not be obtained and their deaths were dde to gunshot wounds from the hands of unknown persons. Halfield Was Aged 26. Hatfleld, although only _twenty-six years of age, was one of the best known men along the West Virginia- Kentucky border. He was born in this community and after going to work in the mines became a mine electriclan. He early became inter- ested in politics and was made chief of police of Matewan under Mayor C. C. Testerman, who was killed in the fight with private detectives here in 1920, and whose widow Hatfleld mar- ried less than two weeks later at Huntington. W. Va. The tragedy in Welch yesterday made Mrs. Hatfleld a widow the sec- ond time in less than two years. After Hatfleld’s acquittal at Wil- “that he played in" the fight here, he returned to Matewan and transformed the jewelry store which Testerman formerly owned into a hardware store, which sold, among other things, arms and ammunition. In the spring election he was elected constable of Magnolia district, the township in which Matewan is situated. This of- fice gave him the right to carry arms in spite of Gov. Morgan's proclama- tion of martial law for Mingo county. Soon after his election Hatfleld was arrested charged with assaulting P. J. Smith, superintendent of the Stone Mountain Coal Corporation, from the houses of which discharged miners had been_ evicted just before the Matewan fight. a little more than year ago. Hatfleld was taken to ‘Williamson, where he gave bond for his_appearance in court. He returned to Matewan and was carrying on the business of his store, when Sheriff Hatfleld of McDowell county, a distant relative, came here and arrested him on an indictment charging him with participating in a pistol attack on Mohawk, a mining' town in the Mingo industrial region just over the line in ' McDowell county. . He was taken to Welch, the county seat, where, it was. understood, here, the trial was to begin this morning. .d mbers, who was killed by Hatfield's side, was the youngest of the defendants in the Mitewan battle \rial, being scarcely more than twen- 1y-one years old. He served under Hatfield as a speclal policeman in Matewan, and, like him, was per- mitted to carry arms. Both men were looked upon as being able to “draw quick and hit the mark. RESIGNATION RUMOR DENIED Senator (harles L. McNary of Ore- gon today ook occasion to deny print. the effect that Interstate Commerce. Commissioner C. B. Aitchi- son had tendered his resignation or mmp,u 46 s0. . Senator MeNary. knowifg the facts, took this action in the_absente of Commissioner Aftehi son, who is his bulk of Washingto: camp. stood today, was lowing: A. Leftwicl Hunter, Kline, Tolbert M. Pelsman, personal friend and a | Pros B Bernard Wilner, Richard E. Saunders, A Col. Helms, who is in charge of the camp, has assigned Capt. William E. Goe, 41st Infantry, to command Com- pany M. Two other Regular Army offi- cers, Lieut. . Kelly of the 55th In- fantry and Becond Lieut. Earl F. Loucks of the 54th Infantry, have been detailed to assist Capt. Goe in looking after the contingent from the National Capital In addition to these Regular Army representatives, Sergt. Thomas M. F. Hamilton and a number of privates have been assigned to Company M. Lieut. Kelly is a graduate of Fordham College, saw service with the 55th Di- vision in France, and is every inch a soldier. Lieut. Loucks was attached to the 64th Division during the late war. He Is an officer of wide experience in military training: Sergt. Hamilton, who has seen six- teen years of service, is the “daddy’ of the company. He has served with the colors in Guam, Alaska, the Philippines, Hawail, Cuba, Porto Rico and China. Being the father of two children. he appreciates the re- sponsibility of caring for 100 young Americans, “T1l1 have to be a daddy to the boys and I know the ropes, because I have two youngsters of my own,” said the genial sergeant to The Star's rep- resentative. “From what I have al- ready seen Of the Washington con- tingent it impresses me as being a mighty clean, healthy bunch of youngsters. And each one of them should return home much benefited by the training. 1 will wage they will all want to emter the White camp nest year.” Discusses “eNxt Year.” - The sergeant, who is six feet two and one-half inches tall, then pro- ceeded to discuss the training camp plan for next year and the year fol- lowing. The present assemblage is known as the red camp, which. he was quick to explain, has no bolshe- vistic significance. Quite to the con- trary, it is named for one of the colors in the flag, and is for boys be- tween the ages of eighteen and In command. Upper: Student soldiers of this city who arrived at the camp yesterday. THREE ARE HELD N CONSPIRACY CASE iMiss Walsh Fails to Receive | Money Telegraphed by Her Mother. n the Police Court today f conspiracy to defraud f an attempt to obtain $50 from the mother of a government employe, a woman and two men waived their preliminary hearing and were held for the action of the grand jury. Th Theresa Bartlett, Arraigned i on a charge o growing out o e defendants were Miss Glady government c‘l!rk“ twenty-two years of age. formerly o er!i!}l'lburs,)'w. Va.; Addison Morti- mer Carver, alias Monte De Carvier, twenty-six years of age, Y. M. C. A, and Robert Leo Glass, twenty-three years old, 2118 P street. The trio were arrested when they made the alleged attempt to obtain $50 telegraphed here by the mother of Miss Anna Walsh, who resides at the Cathollc Women's Service Club, 6th and E streets -morthwest. The money, it is charged by the police, was sent In a response to a telegram announcing to Miss Walsh's mother that her daughter was ill and needed the funds. Falled to Get Letter. Miss Walsh failed to receive a let- ter addressed to her by her sister several days ago. It was this letter that furnlzhed the address of Miss Walsh's mother, and which Miss Bart- lett is alleged to have used at the office of the Western Union Telegraph Company for purposes of identific: tion. Following the disappearance of the Jetter, a telegram was sent to Miss IWalsh’s mother telling that . the daughter was sick .and needed $50. ‘The money W: promptly wired to the daughter, but other messages of inquiry advised Miss Walsh of what was transpiring and resulted in a visit to the telegraph office to tell of the alleged fraud, and when Miss thirty-five years, who desire instruc- tion in the duties of privates and squad leader: Next years white camp will be opened for those desiring instruction in duties connected wit hthe rank of non-commissioned officers. The Blue Camp, to be opened in 1923, will be for boys who have passed the Red and White camps, and who desire experience as commissioned officers in the reserves. The three years' Red, White and Biue training, in the opinion of Sergt. Hamilton, wiil it any young man for a desirable career In Uncle Sam's ‘Washington mothers, who have In the trainfng camp need have no'::f prehension that they will not get enough to eat. For lunch there were such substantial dishes on the bill f f roast beef, corn on cob, toes, cold slaw and cream- High 8chool—] Ryan, Warren Hoeke, Robert Iy G ber, A. R. Deck, F. B. Filley, Hugh F. g;}luln P!o!;:n l‘;d Patterson, E. H. ele, P. iwards an A. Babbington. o Tromey Gonzaga College—P. J. O’'Donnel], H. g, Gard{:\s{. F . Gailagher, C’ J. raves, V. Tompkins, B. J. Kro; n John J. O’Connor. Seniene ‘Western High School—William Brown, R. 8. French, § nett, J. L. DeWitt, jr.; Elton Sherry, Joseph N. Murphy, F. D. Armstrong P. C. Hutton, Jjr. St. John's College—Tom M. Park Theodore C. Howe and George F. O.Neill Last night, after the boys had en- joyed a dinner .consisting of beef stew, tomato salad, fried potatoes, ice tea, hot biscuits and raspberry elly, they were called out by Capt. Goe, who advised them to co-operate with the officers in an effort to outstrip every other company in the matter of organization and discipline. “You young men,” sald Capt. Goe, “are representing the nation’s capital in this camp. You come from the very seat of war operations of the greatest and noblest country on earth. If you accept the great re- sponsibility of representing the capi- tal of the nation, you cannot help but be a shining example for the rest of the camp, &s well as prepare your- selves to ‘carry on’ inspiringly after ]y;;u leave us and return to civilian e. “You have a splendid opportuiity to excel in patriotism, and good sportsmanship, and 1 know you will prove yourselves worthy of the con- fidence 1 am placing in you.” High Schools Represented, Local high schools furnished the quota for the ‘u.'z Toster, as_ it ¢ up of the fol- From Central High Scheol— h flndl'g.k‘ Hamilton Fred Edward ctor, Howard Cross, David B. Steln, Company Edward v lorgan, Robert Darnall, Hilmas, V. and Austin_Swartweut. Bartlett appeared there to claim the money she was arrested. Arrests Follow. The arrest of the men followed. Detectives Embrey and Messer failed to establish the fdentity of the indi- vidual who sent the message. It is alleged that Carver called on Glass and asked him to find a young lady to impersonate Miss Walsh at the office of the telegraph company, the claim being made that Carver was to retain $40 of the money. FREED OF ARMY STIGMA. Colored Holdiers Win Honorable Discharge by Order of Harris. By direction of Adit. Gen. Harris, Arthur K. Bird, a colored soldier of Company L, 68th Infantry, has been granted a certificate of honorable discharge from the Army. An investi- gation showed that Bird had re- enlisted in the Army last February, at the solicitation of a recruiting of- ficer at Providence, R. after having been honorably discharged from the 156th Depot Brigade, a colored or- ganization. It appears that.he is of | such fair complexion as to be easily mistaken for a white man. In fact, the clerk at Providence erroneously listed him as a white man and changed the designati, olored” at Bird's suggestion. In spite of that correction, Bird was sent to the 58th Infantry, at Camp Lewis, Wash. reporting at the camp he found that the 58th was a white organization and notified the commanding officer that he was a colored m: ‘whereupon he was assigned to special duty. Despite this record, Bird subse- quently was discharged from the mfili- tary the alleged ground of “fraudulent enlistment. After full investigation of the case Bir story was fully corroborated and h! record changed ‘to show that he had been “honorably discharged.” A general court-martial has been ordered_ to convene at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for the trial of Maj. Raymond B. Sullivan of the Marine Corps- on charges growing out of cer- tain disturbances on the islands, in which United States marines were in- volved several months ago. Ma; livan commanded the marine battalion at that time. Col. Willlam N. McKel- vey, U. 8. M. C, is president of the court and Maj. Benjamin 8. Berry, U. 8. M. C., is the judge advocate. Bussche Business High School—Leon 8. Gor- don, Charles A. Paargon. C. Comive et Notman B WAtSon, Eastern Sohool—~John High Leland Knapp, W: E. Barkmaa, L. T. | A few of Possibility of Plane Flight MAY PICK CUURRAN Over North Pole to Be Tested Start to Be Made From Seattle in September by Edwin Fairfax Naulty—Success Doubted by Experts. Officials of the Army air service and weather bureau were inclined *o doubt the success of an airplane flight over the north pole from Alaska to Nor- way, which will be attempted for the first time in September under the di- rection of Edwin Farfax Naulty of New York, a physicist, who has long been interested in polar exploration and aviation, and plans for which have virtually been completed. According to Mr. Naulty, the chief purpose of thé trip will be to make scientific observation of ocean, alr and ice currents. The hope of estab- lishing the feasibility of the mnew route for commerce is a secondary consideration. The plars call for the use of one airplane and an expeditionary party of four. which will include . Mr. Naulty and three experienced ex-ser ice fiyers. The trip across the “top” of the earth, a distance of 6,000 miles, 18 expected to be made in twenty-four hours' actual fiying time. Doubt Practieability. Officlals of the Army air servioce in ‘Washington, however, doubt the prac- ticability of Mr. Nouity's proposed polar expeditio They point out that there is no airplane in existence which would ):"rr‘{l :Llumdenl fuel supply for such a flig] T Was pointed out that an air trip across the north pole would be feas- ible providing bases were established for supplying gasoline. The air serv- ice officials, on the other hand, claim that a plane can fly in the arctic re- gions, referring to the Alaskan ex- pedition made by Army fiyers in the summer and fall of 1920, when they went from New York to Nome and return, covering a distance -of 9.000 miles. Charles 'F. Marvin, chief of the weather bureau, pointed out y that an airplane is not a suitable de- vice for observing air currents, and indicated that he is dubious about the success of the prime object, of Mr. Naulty’s expedition. The pilot of a plane, he said, cannot definitely de! mine what winds are blowing while he is in the air. f course,” he said, “by making careful note of the ground while in the air the pilot could make some calculation of the air currents, but they would not be exact.” Can Establish Stations. Mr. Marvin said that it is possible to establish stations in the arctic regions for measuring air currents from the ground. He pointed out that the weather bureau makes its ob- servations of wind currents by re- leasing small balloons, which travel with the wind currents. The start of the important part of the flight from a scientific standpoint —the transpolar and transatiantic flight—is to he made from Point Bar- rok, Alaska. The route to the pole will be, as far as flight conditions per- mit, along. the meridian of 1656 west to the north pole. The distance from Point Barrow to the pole is 1,200 nautical miles, and it is planned to ‘make l;l first stop half way between se tivo points. u:t is fillggd to make the secorid stop at the north pole, or as near to that point as there is a landing, where a full observation will be made to determine position. After an over- haul and restorase, the route will be run to the island of Spitzbergen, where the third landing 1s planned to be made, west of Andree Point. ‘The fnnfl‘ leg of '.he“glm 'lll“'b]o across ergen with a possible landing :cu' Bear Island if condl- tions warrant, and thence to North Cape, Norway. 5 Will Start From Seattle. | “The fiight will be started from Se- { Afl attle witl m- convoy. o% ,uverll planes, which w! easy stages up the Al an coast, angulnx at Ketchikan, Anchorage and Noi The complete route for the re- mainder of the trip will be from| Nome to Point Barrow, and thence across the regions to North Cape, Norway, and thence by flights to Lon- don via Christiania and Stockholm. The total distance covered by the flight frem Ketchikan to London ‘is. estimated at 6,000 miles. 3 Fuel is conceded to be the chiet ‘were . .marri rt C., June 19, by-flights at the first landing place on the polar ice and at the pole itself. 1f no landing places are found, it is the intention to make the hop-off from PXOh“ Barrow to the pole without a stop. . —_— DEPUTY’S YELLS CAUSE CAPTURE OF PRISONER Youth Makes Dash for Liberty Out of Courthouse—Caught by Pedestrian. ‘While en route to a cell in the courthouse in the custody of a deputy marshal, James Wright, twenty years old, made a fruitiess attempt to cscape by running out of the west entrance of the building. He was caught by two pedestrians near 5th and D streets. ‘When the youth made his break for liberty the deputy marshal was prevented from pursuing him because he could not release another prisoner whom he was leading to a cell. The officer’s lusty yells for help, however, attracted the attention of the two persona who caught Wright. ‘Wright was brought from the jail to- day for examination by Amos A. Steele, probatoin officer of the District Supreme Court, at the latter’s office in the court- house. He haad previously pleaded guilty to entering the store of Morris Berry, 2208 14th street, July 2 and taking a fur neckpiece. The case had been refer- red to the probation officer. It was shortly after the youth had been toid by the prpbation officer that his chance of probation was slight when he made the vain attempt to escape. CONSIDERS SHIP OFFER. Board Still Negotiating for Pur- chase of Seized Vessels, NEW YORK, August 2.—The United States Mall Steamship Company has announced the receipt of the Ship- ping Board's reply to an offer to pur- chase the nine Shipping Board liners now operated by the company, but de- clined to make public the letter's con- tents until an answer had been framed. E. A. Quarles, assistant to th dent o(qtha company, dequr'w Shipping Board’s letter did not put ai end to negotiations for the purchas of the vessels. No price has yet been mentioned, it was understood. The nine vessels, seized recently by the Shipping Board, which claimed, among other things, that $400,000 rental was due on the ships, were later returned to the steamship company under tem- porary injunction granted by the state supreme court. A hearing to make permanent the injunction will be held on Thursday. —_— REPORT GREEKS CHECKED. LONDON, August 1.—It is an- nounced from a Turkish source that the Greek troops have been checked in front of Sivrihissar, according to a uter tch from Constanti- nople, and that thé Greek army is retreating toward Eski-Shehr, aban- doni:c enormous materjal and pris- one Kiazim Kara Bekir, one of the na. tionalist commanders, together with the commanders of the Turkestan and Cilicia armies, the Greek front THENS, A ucney)—unn! to the Greek have been carrying out bing raids n&o‘x;‘!hha railroad line between issar and Konfa, says an official sthts it issued here the mark bs c'i‘i-' Sped. on thres hanga; 0] ] enemy c:vpllr! detachments. ASKS LIMITED DIVOROE. Mrs. Mary C. Brower today. filed suit in the Disfrict Supréme 501- a limited divorce from Filetch partment.” She aiso ‘asked an in- junction to prevent her husband from molesting her. Justice 8iddons nlg—n:.dm'l rule against the husband it 2 (Greek alrplanes tached forces in Asia-Minor bom| and upon ¥ cause, August 5, why he imos to Should not. pay te ed at 1916, Brower, 2 clérk in the War De- T0 OPPOSE HYLAN New York Coalitionists’ Com- mittee Will Select Fusion Candidate for Mayor. New York politicians in Washing- ton, republicahs and -democrats, are following With deep Interest the coa- lition movement in New York city to oppose at the polls this fall the re- electioh of Tammany’s mayor, John F. | Hylan. The steering committee of the | coalitionists, composed of republicans and independent derhocrats, is meet- Ing today in New York tv select a can- didate for nomination for mayor and for president of the board of alder- men. Developments in New York yester- day included conferences of the re- publican leaders of the city and of Brooklyn, which were followed by announcement of the withdrawal of Charles C. Lockwood as a candidate for the coalition mayoralty nominma- tlon and_the putting forward of the name of Henry C. Curran, president of the borough of Manhattan. as the probable cholce of the steering com- mittee today. . Byron S. Newton, democrat. former assistant secretary of the Treasury, was suggested as a likely selection for nomination as president of the board of aldermen. Henry C. Curran hag a_war record and also a record for efficlency as president of the borough, and would be regarded as a strong _candidate for mayor at the polls if he should be named as the resuit of today’s meeting. arles G. Lockwood, who witinirew his name from consideration for the coalition momination for the mayor- 4ity, was the choice of United States Senator Calder. Mr. Lockwood based his withdrawal upon the statement that he lacked unanimous support in Brooklyn, and therefore considered Mr. Curran the stronger candidate. Politiclans say that the mayoralty contest in New York this fall will be of importance according to the degree of harmony which is attained over the nomination for mayor by the coalition forces. There has been a conspicuous lack of harmony thus far, but the coali- tionists do not , recalling previous fights cessful there were spirited contests in the beginning. Tammany is proceeding with the greatest confidence to enter the cam- paign for its candidate, Mayor Hylan, who will be renominated and have the. have taken for their slogan the “It.has been done.” GASOLINE SHIP DANGER. Leaks From Tanker in St. Lawrence River. MONTREAL, August 2.—Warnings have been sent to shippers that the Lawrence river. a short distance above Sorel, is partially covered by gasoline that leaked out of a tank on the Im- perial Ofl Company’s steamer Mina Erea. The ship was beached there to await repairs on & leak in the tank and her hull. The vessel was in no danger, but it was feared that she might sink should she proceed on her Journey, here. The gasoline on the water, it was said, made it dangero®s for other ships to pass. ACCUSED OF DRUG SALES. — Three Men Arraigned Before Com- missioner Hitt. ‘Wilson Franklin forty- £2,000. Ha Hartigan] twenty-t old, ;r:. ‘before commlma::r afternocn, itt: I Department of Agriculture to Make Display in Middle West. the Department of Agriculture will leave Washington this week for show. ing ‘at various state fairs In the cen- tral west. The first carload will stop at Sedaja, Mo, whero fhe Missour! state fair will open August 8. Other points to be visited are Milwaukee, Wis.: Topeks. Kan. and Wichita. ai n. Included in the first carload of ex- hibits are contributions by the bi reaus of public roads, animal indu; try, markets, plant industry, management ~and . farm _economics, chemistry, forest service and soils. DOUGLAS' REMARKS 10 BRING INQUIRIES Chilean Embassy Ordered to Ask Explanation of Ad- dress at Lima, Peru. By the Associated Press. BANTIAGO, Chile, August structions have been sent the Chilean embassy in Washington, ask- ing that it make inquiries regard- ing the address made at Lima, Peru, on July 28, by Albert Douglas, head of the special United States mission to the celebration of the centenary of Peruvian {ndependence, 1t was de- clared by a high ofiicial of the State Department last aight. He said that this action was taken in view of re- ports that Mr. Douglas had expressed “biased ovinions” relative to relations between Peu and e. The depart- ment has asked that newspapers here reserve comment upon the sentiments attributed to Mr. Douglas until afte the embassy has reported Expressions of doubt over the pos sibility of Mr. Douglas speaking as Tepresented in news reaching here, regretting “Peru's spoliation,” #h. Ceclaring that “force does not cre ate right.” have been made editorially by some journals. They declare their disbelief in reports that Mr. Douglas accepted the Peruvian version of the causes ind results of tHe wur of 79, 2.—In- Unofficial rej orts: that remarks of Albert Douglas, chief of the American mission representing the United States at the Peruvian independence cente- | nary, had offended the government of Chile caused the State Department to- day to cable the American embassy for a copy of the commissioner's speech. The Chiléan embassy, instructed to make inquiries at the State Depart ment as to the incident. also was awaiting an official copy befere taking the matter up. —_——— AUTOISTS AROUSED AT PROPOSED TAX (Continued from First Page.) vehicle owners of the country amount- ed to a grand total of approximately $346,720,878, or $34.67 per car. “While it may be said that some of these taxes are levied upon manufac- turers and dealers, the fact is that they are always passed on to the pur- chaser. 1t follows that any increase would add to the already excessive burden chaarged against the auto- mobile user. “In & number of states the entire cost of construction and maintenance of state highways or of state bonds for road improvement is now borne en- tirely by the motor vehicle owners. “This fleld of taxation having been pre-empted by the states, it is bel eved that the legislatures of the various states would oppose any movement on the part of the federal government to interfere with this plan. “If a federal tax such as that sug- gested by Mr. Appleby could be ap- Plied to all motor vehicles in the Unitea_ States in lieu of all other taxes, both state and mmunicipal, there ould be no objection to it. but as we understand his bill the tax is to am added burden instead of tak- ing the place of other burdens which already exist. “Mr. Appleby claims that his bill would permit of complete reciprocal arrangements between all of the states and would therefore relieve the motorists to that extent. Complete recipracity is now allowed in a great majority of the states. the principal trouble existing between Maryland and the District of Columbia and in Educational exhibits arranged by two or three other states; and while Mr. Appleby’s bill might relieve the situation in these few states, it would CARGO CAPTURED Schooner Seized Off Atlantic City, Crew Arrested; Of- ficers Escape. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 2.—The schoon- er Henry L. Marshall, with a cargo of liguor, was taken into custody late Iast night four miles off the coast by the coast guard cutter Seneca and brought here today. The schooner was flying the British flag, but advices from the Senaca said there were no papers showing transfer to British registry. The schooner. after being boarded by officers from the Seneca, was taken nto tow and x guard placed on board. On her arrival in gquarantine the United marshal and customs authori- ties were asked to take the craft into custody. The schooner, 1iited as a fisherman, registers seventy-eight groes tons, and her home port is Gloucester, Mass. She carries an auxiliary gaso- line engine. Recent reports from Atlantic City £aid she had been sighted off the coast and that she had been wisited by nu- merous motor boats. Crew Techmically Arrested. The schooner was boarded and seized and four men constituting her jcrew were placed under technical ar- rest. Her captain, whose name was igiven as K. Klausen, and the fir: mate, identified as E. Thompson. escaped in a fast motor boat as the Seneca came up. On the deck of the schooner, whose name’ was concealed by canvas, coast guard officers =aid they found numer- evidence that much of her cargo had been discharged. The men on board were asked for their papers, fax. and also for Gloucester. men were alleged to have admitted that the schooner loaded her cargo at a point five miles off the Island of New Providence in the Bahamas, and that the cargo comprised 1500 cases of liquor of various kinds. They were quoted as saying they were to have destroyed the Halifax clearance papers after the cargo had been dis- posed of, and then proceed to Glou- cester. They declined to say what they had done with the part of the ship's cargo obviously missing. jofficers gave their. names as {King of Barcelona and M. Murph: American ; L. Maul, French, and R. Pike, American, all seamen. Puts Prize Crew Aboard. After examining the ship's papers the Seneca’s captain placed seven men aboard the schooner s a prize crew, and, taking her in tow, started for New York. The Seneca sent a wireless message re- porting the seizure to Capt. Byrom L. Reed, superintendent of the coast guard for this district. On reaching quarantine the schooner’s iguard was increased. She will be turned over to a representative of the United States marshal. United States Attorney Hayward said this morning he had ordered the schooner brought to New York. He added she would be held in custody here pending conference with the coast guard officers who had captured her and examination of her papers. He declined to indicate what procedure would be taken against her, although he said she might be charged with violating navigation laws. For weeks the coast guard service has been circling nearby waters on the look- out for mysterious floating bars which have been reported bobbing up from ¢ | Cape Cod south to the Virginia capes. Sends Taunting Messag: Montauk Point and Atlantic City have been the most active points in reporting rum-laden craft Just bevond the three- mile limit. From Montauk came reports that a ship from the Bahamas had been most_punctual in keeping appointments off shore with a swarm of small craft. Atlantic City reported rum runners three | miles off the beach signaling tauntingly to prohibition agents to “come and pet One schoover miready had been was found it seized there, but no ligquor aboard. SPEEDS UP FARM BILL. Senate Consents to Limit Debate to Ten Minutes. In an effort to speed up the consid- eration of the agriculutral credits bill, now the unfinished business of, the Senate, a unanimous consent agree. {ment was entered into yesterday to limit all debate on that measure and amendments offered thereto, to tem minutes each beginning tomorrow at 2 | 2dd materially to the burden of the |o'clock, with the proviso that the bill owners throughout the United States. “We should like to know whether your committee is seriously consid- ering the matter of taxing motor ve- hicle owners by means of a federal registration fee, such as that pro- posed by Mr. Appleby. If this is the case, our organization most respect- fully requests thaty you ailow us a hearing before yo committee. no further public bearings are to be held we respectfully request per- ir mission to present a brief showing why the motor vehicle owners of the country are opposed to this proposed tax.” ’ Prohibition Profits. From the Philadeiphia Record. “But just think of the money prohi: bition puts in a man's pocket,” said the good deacon. “That's right,” agreed the unregen- erate backslider. “An ice cream soda only costs about five times as much 85 a glass of beer used to. One of the surest ways to become physically in- capable of doing your best work is to get only snatches of sleep—broken by disturbing dreams. 1f your sleep is being disturbed by drinking tea or coffee, you may be sowng the seeds of a nervous Breakdown. Do not wait until your nerves are affected by the drugs, thein and caffeine, in tea or coffee. Protect your strength, vitality and endurance. Have sound, restful sleep, and wake refreshed and fit for any task. Postum, the -delicious cereal beverage, with its golden-brown richness and coffee-like taste, will is to be kept before the Senate umtil disposed of. PACIFIC FLEET TESTS. Ships to Hold Tactical Exercises + Off San Diego. Mobilizing next month at San Fan- cisco, the Pacific fleet will proceed to San Diego for tactical exercises. Wwhich probably will consume six weeks. A division, comprising the Oklahoma. Nevada, Arizona and po: Mental butte-rflying at 2 ¢.z.m. A great indoor sport for thoughtless people sibly the Pennsylvania, will then pro- ceed to Puget sound for docking and overhaul, returning to San Pedro December 1. On this trip the divi- slon will hold “full power” tests. Battle division 8, comprising the New Mexico, Tennessee, Idaho, Missis- sippl and possibly the Maryland will follow a similar program, but will not leave San Pedro until November 21, when the division is to sail for San Francisco. let Nature restore ‘your coffee-irritated nerves, and bring you sound, re- freshing sleep. Postum is wholesome and acts in 2 Lmflwa)a It ‘possesses the advan- tages of a hot drink, with- out the ill effects of tea or coffee. Drink Postum for a week or two. 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